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UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

THOMAS WILLIAMS, OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

KNlFE-HONE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 281,744, dated July 24,1883.

i Application filed April 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS WILLIAMS, of Woonsocket, Providence county,State of Rhode Island, have invented certain Improvements in Hones forSharpening Knives, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hones for sharpening knife and other blades, andhas for its object the production of a hone adapted to revolve whilebeing used, so as to change or shift the abrasive surface; and itconsists in the construction and the combination of parts hereinafterparticularly described, and then sought to be specifically defined bythe claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of the sharpener;Fig. 2, a similar view of a modification; Fig. 3, a side view of anothermodification, and Fig. 4 is an end View of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the hone proper,consisting of a cylder having an emery surface and a handle, B, andconnected to a support, 0, which may be a bracket adapted to be boltedto a vertical base, as shown in Fig. 1, or to a horizontal base, asshown in Fig. 2, or to be suspended by a loop (shown in Fig. 3) whichcan-be detachably or permanently connected with a suitable base. Thehone is connected to its support, so as to swivel or turn therein. InFigs. 1 and 2 the connection is by a stud or pin, D, projecting from theend of the arm through the support, and provided with a head or cap, a,which may be screwed thereon, and prevents the two parts from becomingseparated from each other. The stud and button is shown in Fig. 3 as aheaded screw or nail extending through the loop-support G into the hone,so as to be readily taken out of the same to permit the bracket and honeto be disconnected from each other. In Fig. 1 the hone is swiveled in asingle bracket, while in Fig. 2 it is swiveled in two brackets; but theoperation is substantially the same. The latter construction may forsome purposes be preferable, because it is stronger, and perhaps pin, d,projecting from the inside of the hone,

so that when the handle is drawn out the hone is revolved in onedirection, and when pushed inward the hone is revolved in the otherdirection.

By constructing a hone as described it will be held fast without dangerof slipping from its support while being used, and at the same time willpresent, as often as the operator desires, a new abrasive surface to theblade, so that the wear will not be in one place, and the advantages ofa constantly changing or shifting surface will be obtained.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s- 1. The combination of ahone, a bracket to which the hone is swiveled at its end, and a handlecapable of longitudinal movement, the handle and hone being relativelyconstructed to revolve the hone when the handle is moved longitudinally,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of a hollow hone provided with an inwardly-projectingpin, a bracket to which the hone is swiveled at the end, and a handlehaving a spiral groove and fitting within the hone, the pin beingadapted to the groove, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS NVILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

PATRICK MASTERSON, SAML. P. 000K.

